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My Little Sumo

2015

My Little Sumo

2015

  • NFSA IDD8Z6WN3Z
  • TypeFilm
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormShort
  • GenresAnimation
  • Year2015

'Hi-ro-ko, Hiroko!' In the short film My Little Sumo, which you can watch here in full, Australian girl Daisy gets a sumo name from her trainer Kenji and then nothing will stop her in the quest to become a champion.

But life doesn't always go according to plan and Daisy learns that loss is something that brings a family together in their saddest moments.

My Little Sumo has a richly textured animation style, with many surfaces patterned to create interest. The scenes are often from a low angle, replicating the height of the protagonist. Dreams, or other sequences where imagination takes hold, are seen from a higher angle.

The story navigates between finding interests in the real world and the possible places your imagination can take you, with neither needing to take precedence.

'Hi-ro-ko, Hiroko!' In the short film My Little Sumo, which you can watch here in full, Australian girl Daisy gets a sumo name from her trainer Kenji and then nothing will stop her in the quest to become a champion.

But life doesn't always go according to plan and Daisy learns that loss is something that brings a family together in their saddest moments.

My Little Sumo has a richly textured animation style, with many surfaces patterned to create interest. The scenes are often from a low angle, replicating the height of the protagonist. Dreams, or other sequences where imagination takes hold, are seen from a higher angle.

The story navigates between finding interests in the real world and the possible places your imagination can take you, with neither needing to take precedence.

  • Production Company
    Corner Table Productions
    Directors
    Carlos Alberto Manrique Clavijo, Ana Maria Mendez Salgado
    Producer
    Marion Pilowsky
    Writers
    Lee Sellars, Marion Pilowsky
    Cast
    Maria Humphreys
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